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The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature
April International Poetry Issue. No good [Southern] writing is complete without a dead mule. Established 1996.
The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature
April International Poetry Issue. No good [Southern] writing is complete without a dead mule. Established 1996.
Poetry

Al Russell :: Poetry ::

A former Carolina Girl, I am now a Carolina Person....
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Flash Fiction

JD Clapp :: Morrells and Morals ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement–Born a Yankee, grew up a SoCal boy,...
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Creative Non-Fiction / MemoirsEssays

Marsha Owens :: As Though We Had Choices ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Born in Richmond, VA, I’ve made it...
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Fiction

Ellen Perry :: The Door ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement -I was born in North Carolina and...
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Poetry

Carter Welch :: delta works ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: My father’s grandparents moved to Greenville, South...
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Fiction

Jessica Arzola-Grissom :: Her Pretty Little Head ::

Southern Legitimacy My great-grandmother’s name was Cinderella and she settled...
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Fiction

Nancy Werking Poling :: Oscar’s Bane ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement My regional identity is confused. Though born...
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Poetry

Kirby Wright :: Verse Written During a Movie ::

*I live in Southern California, which is a rival region...
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Poetry

Michael Ball :: Admonition ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Michael Ball scrambled from daily and weekly...
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Creative Non-Fiction / Memoirs

Jim Hinson :: Tomato Sandwich Fantasies in Mid-November ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I grew up kicking the 2 inches...
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Blog

February Dead Mule

Huge issue coming your way. Five more to upload, almost...
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Fiction

C. K. North :: Cardinals ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Northern Virginia – The South by definition,...
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Poetry

E. R. Lutken :: Bonnie Blue ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Born in Mississippi, raised in Texas on...
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Poetry

Scott Piner :: Coloring / Mighty Mississippi ::

SOUTHERN LEGITIMACY STATEMENT: I grew up crossing the Mississippi River...
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Creative Non-Fiction / Memoirs

Donna Harlan :: Everybody Has a Snowman Story ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I grew up in the foothills of...
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Flash Fiction

Pete Riebling :: Friendlessness ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: went to college in Atlanta… Friendlessness I went...
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